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...give Agnew substantive responsibilities not held by previous Vice Presidents, but failed to spell them out. Agnew will not have independent executive offices or an executive staff-perquisites that Nixon, Johnson and Humphrey all enjoyed. Instead, the Vice President-elect will have an office in the White House and use Nixon's staff. Agnew thus will be kept conveniently close at hand, where Nixon and his aides can keep...
...characteristic of an ambitious type of Republican emerging at the grass roots. This month the G.O.P. in five states-California, New York, Delaware, Indiana and Iowa-gained control of both houses of legislatures that were formerly split. Particularly hard hit was California Democrat Jesse Unruh, who had hoped to use his post as speaker of the state's assembly as a springboard to the governorship in 1970 but now faces at least two years in the humbler and less visible job of minority leader...
...fired from a torpedo boat by Egyptians, sank the Israeli destroyer Elath off Port Said in an incident in October 1967, the Israelis dared not retaliate directly for fear of hitting Soviet warships near by. Now the Soviets have brought a dredge into the Mediterranean; should they try to use it to pry open the Suez Canal, the Israelis would face an agonizing dilemma...
...coup attempt in Egypt or Syria, a blockade thrown against Israel for Egypt, a pro-Soviet political upheaval in Albania, a Soviet power play against Yugoslavia-all are situations in which the Soviets could use their new seapower with unpredictable results. Some Western strategists worry that the friendly neighborhood presence of Russian ships may tempt the Arabs to take foolish chances soon against Israel, in the belief that the Russians would rush to their aid if Israel lashed back in force...
Freedom of Speech. The victory was won by Mrs. Jon O. Epperson, a onetime biology teacher at Little Rock's Central High School* now living with her husband and baby son in a Maryland suburb of Washington. Despite the law, textbooks teaching evolutionary theory have been commonly used in Arkansas schools, and no teacher has been prosecuted. But in 1966 Mrs. Epperson went to court contending that the use of the books made her a lawbreaker. The statute called for punishment by dismissal and a fine of up to $500. That, argued Mrs. Epperson, inhibited her freedom of speech...